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Fort Antoine Theatre


Coordinates: 43°43′58.99″N 7°25′40.66″E / 43.7330528°N 7.4279611°E / 43.7330528; 7.4279611

The Fort Antoine Theatre is a small amphitheatre on the Avenue de la Quarantaine in the Monaco-Ville ward of Monaco. The fort hosts open air plays in the summer months.

The theatre was originally constructed as a fortress in the early 18th-century before its destruction in 1944.Prince Rainier III had the fortress rebuilt as a theatre in 1953. The parapet of the fort is provided by pittosporum hedges. The militaristic nature of its architecture has been retained with a watchtower and a pyramid of cannonballs at the centre of the theatre.


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